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Hyundai-Equus made a muscle car

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yuck
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and it's actually gorgeous. better looking IMO than any of the new-generation muscle cars, mainly because it looks like a combination of a challenger and a late 60s fastback mustang. the front end/grill is a little weird but other than that I think it is beautiful. a modern muscle car that really resembles the golden muscle era of the late 60s- early 70s.

its called the Equus Bass 770, boasts a 640HP, 6.2 litre V8. Equus is labling it as a true american muscle car, and while Hyundai Equus is korean, the car is made in Detroit. not sure how much of the rest of the development is American, or what engine theyre using. sounds like it could be an LS9 but i dont know if Hyundai and GM have any sort of deal on a motor, im just speculating. i cant find a whole lot of reliable info on the car quite yet.

anyways, heres some pictures

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if nothing else, it looks pretty damn nice.

only issue is, according to one website, the retail price will be between 250-300 THOUSAND. i dont know how or why, other than that they are all hand built or something. but that is supercar money. here's a little more info:

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=28520

inb4 nobody cares about this as much as i do.
Sep 25 2013 5:17PM
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jca
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that is a good looking car. I'd never guess it was a hyundai.
Sep 25 2013 5:19PM
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Spagett+
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way too much money. But nice looking.
Sep 25 2013 5:23PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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looks just like a fastback mustang
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Sep 25 2013 5:47PM
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MASkier
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Muscle cars are supposed to be cheap, fast and loud. This is at most two of those things.
Sep 25 2013 5:56PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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My thoughts exactly. Looks good though
Sep 25 2013 5:59PM
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Phil-X-
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Damn.. I think it looks great, but $250,000? They can fuck themselves. I thought it was going to be 65-75 max.
Sep 25 2013 6:02PM
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ILLinoisance
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That isn't a hyundai.
Sep 25 2013 6:16PM
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KravtZ
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Another stupid fucking car by hyndai. When will they get it? People dont want to spend 80k, or 300k for this car, for something that has no "class" or really any appeal. Why would you spend 300k on a hyndai supercar when you could buy a mustang fastback and for that kind of money, make it REDICULOUS, or hell, a sick ferrari or lambo. The fact that they even claim its american muscle really pisses me off considering its korean. Hyundai is and will continue to be a great low to mid end car. They will never be able to compete with mercedes, bmw, audi, lexus strictly because of their reputation. I hope they make this and its a huge failure.
Sep 25 2013 6:16PM
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ILLinoisance
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It's still not a hyundai....
Sep 25 2013 6:22PM
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Goku
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LOL at these two in that category
overpriced VW and overpriced Toyota.
USA is the only continent Lexus exists in, everywhere else it's a Toyota
Sep 25 2013 6:22PM
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GayWolf420
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So they ripped off ford's stang fastback design basically.
Sep 25 2013 6:25PM
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maximiliaan
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Euuhhh.... What?
Sep 25 2013 6:27PM
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ILLinoisance
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And Ferrari's logo, and Hyundai's name for their car model, although I'm not completely sure which came first.
Sep 25 2013 6:28PM
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GayWolf420
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Asian muscle just doesn't sound right to me.
Sep 25 2013 6:32PM
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GayWolf420
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Then again, it is kind of cool it is built in detroit. I'd still prefer it to be somethin 'merican though.
Sep 25 2013 6:35PM
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ILLinoisance
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Also, even after 5 minutes have past, I have rechecked and confirmed that this car is still not made by Hyundai, but an American manufacturer. I will check again in 5 minutes.
Sep 25 2013 6:35PM
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cool_name
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a Hyundai equus is a four door salon and unrelated to this car. Did you even read your own article?
Sep 25 2013 7:48PM
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yuck
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If i remember correctly, equus is also a sub-brand of hyundais that has been functioning on asian markets for a while.in north america the only equus model was badged as a hyundai and called the equus.Its weird but im pretty sure thats how it works... but i could be wrong.
Sep 26 2013 12:08AM
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Dustin.
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Whoever makes it.....that's a nice looking car. Love it and that HP sounds awesome too. But it looks exactly like a Mustang and the logo is a horse....

I would never pay that much for a car like this, but if I had done so I'd feel weird about it's uncanny resemblance to the Mustang.
Sep 26 2013 12:26AM
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theBearJew
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Yes this is true. Toyota owns makes/owns Lexus. That's why you can put some Toyota replacement parts like headlights and other small things on a Lexus. And in most countries other than the US Lexus isn't a company, they just sell Toyota's with a bit more quality parts/features.
Sep 26 2013 12:31AM
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NinetyFour
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Yeah, Equus Automotive is in no way another brand owned by Hyundai. Equus is coincidentally a model that Hyundai makes and the name of this manufacturer. The Bass is made in Detroit by Equus and Panoz has a hand in it. Then reading around I'm pretty sure it's fitted with a LS9 from the Corvette ZR1 soooo, yeah, far from Asian.
Sep 26 2013 12:53AM
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cool_name
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you are wrong. Equus is a boutique american car brand making the bass 770(the car in the article) an is in no way related to Hyundai. Honestly people just Google the car, almost every review mentions how it isn't a Hyundai in the first few paragraphs
Sep 26 2013 3:53AM
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JAHBRADOR
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OK. You are the dumbest fucking person. Not only did the first person say that the USA is the only CONTINENT?!?!?! in the world to have lexus.

http://www.lexus.co.uk/
http://www.lexus.it/
http://www.lexus.fr/
http://www.lexus.se/

Need I post more...?
Sep 26 2013 3:59AM
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Rafiki
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audi is made by volkwagen.
lexus is made by toyota.
Sep 26 2013 4:03AM
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Ribss.
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lol.
Sep 26 2013 4:18AM
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HungryHypocrite
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this was a youtube advertisement for me once, no question, i didn't skip.

notice the "luxury" in the title.. hence the tag.
Sep 26 2013 5:23AM
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maximiliaan
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im aware of that, but im pretty damn sure the lexus models they sell over here (the netherlands) are completely different from toyota's models and also the same models sold in the US.
Sep 26 2013 5:38AM
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theBearJew
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Didn't notice the continent thing.. No need to get your jimmies all rustled.
Sep 26 2013 9:30AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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that car is beautiful, but you can get fucked for 300k. No fucking way would I EVER spend that kind of money on a HYUNDAI or whatever division of makes this thing.
Sep 26 2013 9:42AM
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whoa-dere
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i thought you meant someone turned an equus into that
Sep 26 2013 9:42AM
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Spinoza
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Mustang and Jag cross
Sep 26 2013 9:52AM
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Aaaron.
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this thread has so much dumb it is overstanding
Sep 26 2013 10:00AM
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Twinjibber77
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I thought it was going to be really cheap but that's just stupid
Sep 26 2013 10:20AM
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.AR6rider.
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Bugatti, Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche, Seat, Skoda, Audi, Ducati. What do all these brands have in common? Oh, that's right. They're all owned by VW. If you think a car like an S6 is nothing more than a glorified Passat, I'm not sure what to tell you other than you are an idiot. They may be made with many of the same parts, but the cars are on two completely different levels.
Sep 26 2013 10:27AM
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MASkier
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Not entirely true. Porsche shares its parts bin with VW but they do not own porsche.
Sep 26 2013 10:39AM
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Scaredwhiteboy
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Not really a muscle car. An essential aspect of muscle cars is that they're affordable. $250k is supercar pricing.

Also, who gives a fuck that it's made in the US? It's still a Korean company. All the money they make still goes right back to Korea.
Sep 26 2013 10:55AM
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Twinjibber77
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Jobs homeboy
Sep 26 2013 11:02AM
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.AR6rider.
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I'm pretty sure in 2009 VW bought half of Porsche and in 2012 they bought the other half. I'd have to look up the specific details, but I believe VW is officially the parent company of Porsche Automotive.
Sep 26 2013 11:05AM
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daannnnieel
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your lack of knowledge about cars is a huge failure.

Sep 26 2013 11:09AM
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theblackrod
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Porsche owns just over 50% of VW's voting rights, I believe they agreed to merge as an auto group in '11 or '12.
Sep 26 2013 11:53AM
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cool_name
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http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/09/20/2014-hyundai-equus-stresses-comfort-over-comportment/

^ that is a Hyundai equus

the bass 770 is made by equus automotive completly unaffiliated with hyudai
Sep 26 2013 12:51PM
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Laurent.
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Those two lights in the middle ruin the entire front-end for me.
Sep 26 2013 1:44PM
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yuck
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ah yeah that makes a lot more sense. so nobody needs to be upset that its a Hyundai, because its not. I stand corrected.

and 250k pricing does make a bit more sense if it's a boutique company, and not a major korean sub-brand. still curious as to where the engine in this thing came from though. i think it might be a Chevy/GM motor still but if Panoz is in with Equus then who knows.
Sep 26 2013 2:29PM
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cbj
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Looks like a tiburon to me
Sep 26 2013 3:12PM
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GayWolf420
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Still much rather see daisy dukes, huge tits and a charger.
Sep 26 2013 5:14PM
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PositiveSpin
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Hyundai has always made a buck off expensive cars by making a cheapened model that resembled the luxury ride. This is the exact opposite, and I must say, I'm somewhat impressed. I'd still rather have a fastback though...
Sep 26 2013 5:29PM
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Titus69
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OP although this car is sick and it does look like a fastback please read before posting
Sep 26 2013 5:57PM
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7springsprod
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Owned, not made.
Sep 26 2013 6:20PM
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daannnnieel
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Have fun going in a straight line, muscle cars are useless as fuck in my eyes.
Sep 26 2013 8:05PM
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Aaaron.
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know how i can tell you're a kid?
Sep 27 2013 8:08AM
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